@michael_sands I personally pay ¢8/word, which is the SFWA minimum rate. I've taken less when I've written for someone else, with the stipulation that the copyright remains mine and I'm licensing it to the publisher.

@michael_sands I won’t take less than 0.05 without a really good reason but prefer to take SFWA rates. However 0.05 for retaining copyright/ownership wouldn’t be bad. (I’m somewhat lucky in that I am a full-time worker elsewhere with a job I don’t plan to quit so I can say a rate is too low and just move on.)